Our Travel Tips…

Travel Matters Tips when Flying

When it comes to holidays, we know, that you know, there are alternate methods of transportation. If you are able to travel on a set of wheels, consider driving by car, catching a coach or renting a van. Take to the seas by ferry! Explore unspoilt parts of a country on rail, by train. Or if you’re a dedicated cyclist, whip your bicycle out and peddle to the destination.

We do however appreciate that these aren’t always viable options, so catching a plane might be necessary. If that is the case, see if you can implement any of the Travel Matters flying tips into your journey:

Flying Tips

• Fly less – take the train wherever possible, reduce your air miles for leisure and work.

• Fly more carbon efficiently – make purchasing choices that will encourage airlines to reduce their emissions such as carrying less baggage, choosing a charter flight or economy flight and your emissions will generally be less.

• Fly with airlines that fill their planes.

• Think about holidaying closer to home. The concept of a staycation originated in roughly 2009 and it’s been increasingly growing in popularity.

• Try and avoid internal flights within a destination. Use local public transport where possible or go on foot, by train or any electric forms of transport.

• Think about taking fewer shorter breaks by air. Shorter flights and multiple stopovers are more polluting per passenger mile than longer flights as take off and landings generate a significant part of the total emissions per flight.

• Enjoy fewer, but longer breaks where your holiday creates some real benefits to conservation and local communities in the country you’re visiting.

All this information, and more, can be found on our downloadable ‘Responsible Global Tourist’s Guide’, which is part of our Travel Matters Make Travel Matter Campaign.

If you ever have any questions about how to be a more Responsible Traveller, or would simply like to pass on some of your wisdom, we would love to hear from you!